Russians win order for 20...

1997-04-02T00:00:00

Twenty Volga 2 Ekranoplan wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE) vehicles have been ordered by the Russian city of Syktyvkar, to use as air-taxis on the lakes which surround the city. WIGE development was originally funded by the Soviet navy. The vehicles are being built at the Sokol factory in Nizhne Novgorod, best known ...

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